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My blog has been changed to make it more appealing for those who have New England ancestors and want to see the area through photos. Things I’ll include are typical white New England churches, libraries showing their genealogical collection, historical societies, cemeteries, war memorials, in general, anything to do with history.

For four years I’ve blogged mostly about my personal genealogy in New England (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire), New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada. I still will, can’t forget my own roots.

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Saturday, August 18, 2012

When Judy Russell's blog appeared this morning (Saturday, August 18th), I read it and realized her topic was something I was interested in. Her blog is The Legal Genealogist, and the topic was "More Lost than Found" about statistics, that being how many ancestors she had for each generation and comparing the numbers to the possible numbers for each generation. Genealogy blogs and my facebook friends often get ideas for their topics from others, and in this case, Judy got it from Lisa B. Lee, who did an analysis of her own family (on facebook), by figuring out how many ancestors she has for each generation and compared the figures to what she could have.

And, if the pedigree chart interests you (does All generations), you can follow my tree here: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=trees4u&id=I28370 My figures surprised me, but doesn't impress me. Why? I am focused on my "Brick Walls" and that's what matters. For almost 23 years, genealogy has been my life, and I've been lucky (lots of time, a husband, no children). My lines are mostly in Massachusetts and Connecticut, where I've found excellent records. Great records were found in New York and the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada. I've been to all those places and continue to hunt for information and cemetery stones. I also love cousin connections, cousins can help a great deal. One great-grandfather did a large manuscript, now at NEHGS, and one grandfather, another side, worked on genealogy for many years (both were professional men whose work helped me get a good start), as well as my working at the DAR for quite a few years, where I looked at books on a daily basis and received help from their genealogy staff. All those factors have contributed to my being lucky and having high statistics, but I really want to solve the brick walls.

Carolyn Bannister and other readers have written me about the KEMP line and I've never been able to help, because as far as I know, they aren't related to me, and I don't have enough information. The Kemps were neighbors of my ancestors, and their paths crossed, but for some reason quite a few people have written me about their families. I've posted, what I believe are two separate lines of the KEMP line. Quite possibly they are related, but I haven't found a connection. The first line is directly below, the second is in bold. If you have any information, I know Carolyn and others would be delighted to hear from you.

Julia Ann KEMP was born 24 JUL 1814 in Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. She married Lewis WILSON 5 NOV 1837 in St. Armand E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He was born in of Whiting, Vermont.

Mary KEMP (Elijah KEMP1) was born 2 FEB 1788 in United States, and died 19 SEP 1856. She married Thomas REYNOLDS 4 FEB 1808 in St. Armand E., (Frelighsburg), Missisqoui Co., Quebec, Canada, son of Benjamin REYNOLDS and Mary BAKER. He was born 3 MAR 1789 in United States, and died 7 SEP 1847 in St. Armand E., (Frelighsburg), Missisqoui Co., Quebec, Canada. He was buried 9 SEP 1847 in Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

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I've been a retired, quiet, genealogy fanatic for 23 years. It's a hobby I do for fun and to help others.
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